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(from Yahoo)
Metal-detector enthusiast unearths $5.5 million in gold
The largest haul of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered, unearthed by a metal-detector enthusiast in a farmer's field, has been valued at 3.28 million pounds ($5.5 million) by a committee of experts. The Staffordshire Hoard, found by Terry Herbert in central England in July, comprises over 1,500 mainly gold and silver items thought to date back to the 7th century. Under Treasure Trove laws, the money will be split between the finder, Herbert, and the landowner, Fred Johnson. The find has been compared in importance to the spectacular Sutton Hoo burial site, a huge ship grave in eastern England excavated in 1939. READ MORE
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